I read through the article before I went to work this morning. I have to wonder (aloud) if you could do the same thing with Clonezilla or Rescuezilla. I'm VERY hesitant to use Windows tools to work with Linux systems. I have long been a proponent of Rescuezilla, and used Clonezilla for years before. It is also my understanding that Macrium Reflect "Free" version is no longer free, and is more of a TRIAL version. This makes me a little nervous to use it, even from a Hirens disk. This is, of course, just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth. I can only speak on what has and does work for me.

I'm intrigued. I'll have to give this a try over the weekend. I actually want to upgrade the boot drive in one of my Proxmox machines. This will make for a good experiment.

Good information to know.

I have PBS running on an old Dell Optiplex with a 3rd Gen Intel processor. It's slow, but it has been a rock over the past few years. I'll be watching shopgoodwill[dot]com later this year for a potential upgrade, provided that source doesn't start jacking up prices or removing the RAM from the used machines.

My upgrades this year are likely to be mostly network-related. I'm determined to make it through the year without purchasing more storage or graphics cards (unless used/refurbished). I don't have anything that is mission-critical at this point.